There has been an extremely moving show of affection in the tri state region of Indiana for a fallen communications comrade. My friend Mark Helmke, who liked to refer to us as the team of hack and flack, and who I enjoyed calling my little brother. He suddenly died by the shore of Lake James the night before his birthday.
The New York Public Library City Island Branch Lecture: Multimedia Journalism Seminar: Presented by longtime City Island resident, Professor Roberto Soto.
Saturday's free program discussed the creation of interactive content, with photos, audio and video. Soto lectured on the production of online content, which can be best told in a multimedia format and by producing original stories using images, photos video and audio. Because great story tellers have been and will continue to be all around us forever.
Dose of News is a one stop news and information content website offering multiple links to a massive amount and a wide range of current events about art, science, investigative journalism, breaking news, good news features, health, politics, lifestyles, finance and much more.
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R0BERT0 S0T0 is a multilingual communicator, who has worked for major market news and information outlets in newspaper, broadcast, wire services and the world wide web , for government, public, commercial and non profit international media organizations. As a senior multimedia executive Soto pitched, wrote and produced breaking news, features, financial news and coordinated charts and graphics during literally hundreds of major news cycles.
Soto helped launch NBC News' The Source and Overnight, www.NBCNews.com UnivisionNoticias, http://noticias.univision.com/ Noticiero Telemundo, http://www.telemundo.com/noticias/noticiero-telemundo/ Televisión Martí, USIA-TV, http://www.martinoticias.com/archive/television_marti/latest/213/213.ht… , News 12 New York's First Regional Cable News Channel http://bronx.news12.com/ News 12, Associated Press Television News, http://www.aptn.com/, Imaginus, www.imaginus.biz, City Images, www.cimages.me, Dose Of News, www.doseofnews.com.
Soto has also been delighted to be able to boost the careers of endless numbers of talented, well known and successful media professionals, who have worked for ABC, Antena 3, CBS, CCTV, Ecuavisa, Fox, NBC, NPR, Phoenix TV, Telemundo, Univision, Voice of America and many other international media organizations.
PAPO LUCCA and LA SONORA PONCEÑA With Special Guests YOLANDA RIVERA, LUIGI TEXIDOR,
and HECTOR PICHI PÉREZ with MC PACO NAVARRO.
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts continues its spectacular 34th season with the return of legendary salsa pioneers PAPO LUCCA and LA SONORA PONCEÑA for their 60th Anniversary Concert with special guests YOLANDA RIVERA, LUIGI TEXIDOR, and HECTOR PICHI PÉREZ with MC PACO NAVARRO on Saturday, November 22nd, 2014 at 8pm. For the first time at Lehman Center, Luigi Texidor, Yolanda Rivera and Hector Pichi Pérez will be reuniting with Maestro Papo Lucca and La Sonora Ponceña celebrating their 60th Anniversary Concert.
LA SONORA PONCEÑA was formed in Puerto Rico in 1954 by Enrique “Quique” Lucca, who named the band after the famous Cuban band Sonora Matancera and his home city of Ponce, thus Sonora Ponceña. Don Quique created a distinct salsa sound using a full percussion section, with only trumpets in his horn section that in turn harmonized with the piano and voices. By 1956 the group included pianist Vicentico Morales, with Quique’s ten-year-old son, Enrique “PAPO” LUCCA Jr., already at the piano writing arrangements. Papo recorded his first piano solo, “Smoke Mambo“, in 1958 at age twelve. The band’s early recordings featured various popular vocalists of the time, until Tito Gomez joined the band, staying until 1974. By 1960, the band had performed in New York, catching the attention of Fania/Inca Records owner Jerry Masucci. After studies at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, Papo was an accomplished pianist and arranger, and in 1968 Don Quique stepped down as musical director. Now under Papo’s direction, the La Sonora Ponceña’s sound became a fusion of traditional Cuban and modern Latin styles. In 1969 they released their first Inca LP, with all arrangements by Papo, Hachero Pa’ Un Palo, whose hit title song established them as salsa pioneers. They recorded 30 more albums for Inca and by 1980 were a huge success. As salsa romántica became popular, they adjusted to commercial forces without deserting their trademark sound. La Sonora Ponceña has recorded over 35 albums, garnering dozens of platinum and gold releases of unforgettable music with hits such as “Fuego en El 23”, “Juana Bayona”, “Moreno Soy“, “Borinquen“ and “Suena El Piano“. The band’s most recent albums are 2011’s El Gigante del Sur and A Band and Their Music.
Shanghai China is one of the largest and most active markets for online and mobile gaming on earth, making it a serious game changer. China's online games market continues to surge. Set to top $8 Billion before the end of this decade.
Next year there will be nearly 300 million Chinese gamers, playing a couple of hours per month and 64% of Chinese gamers regularly spend money on online games. Revenues for the Chinese mobile-game market are expected to grow a whopping 93% to $2.9 billion in 2014 and reach $7.7 billion by 2018.
Republicans now control of The Senate and The US House of Representatives in a wave of Election Day wins which serve as a repudiation of President Barack Obama's second-term policies and put a series of Democratic states under control of new Republican governors.
Republicans won formerly Democratic Senate seats in seven states, including Arkansas, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and North Carolina.
Republicans scored a net gain of six seats to win the majority for the first time since 2006.
Broadcast and cable news networks will offer couch potatoes a seris of treats during tonight's midterm voter roundup, including new sets, modern gizmos, and anchor teams that will provide news and analysis of how they voted when Americans went to the polls. And prepare yourself because for some of the races, it could turn out to be a late night.
George Stephanopoulos and friends on ABC News will offer uninterrupted digital coverage beginning at 7 p.m. In addition, the network plans two live one-hour “Your Voice, Your Vote” programs to air on ABC at 10:00 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. PT.
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show will be in Austin, Texas for “Democalypse 2014: South by South Mess”.
CBS News will pair Scott Pelley and Norah O’Donnell for hourly updates at 7:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., followed by a one-hour election special at 10:00 p.m.
Fox News Channel turns to Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly as lead anchors of the channel’s election night coverage, which will carry the “America’s Election HQ” title. Coverage on FNC will begin at 6 p.m. ET, and include cross-platform coverage on Fox digital platforms.
NBC News will provide two one-hour prime-time specials on election night, led by “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams. Coverage begins at 10 p.m. ET, and continues online at 11 p.m. with a live “digital-exclusive” program through midnight.
Univision will produce hourly “Destino 2014″ updates from 4 p.m. ET through 2 a.m. ET, with special editions of Univision’s national newscast, “Noticiero Univision” airing from the network’s “Election Center” in Miami at 6:30P and 11:30P. with J Ramos and M E Salinas.
MSNBC will turn to Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews to host coverage of the midterm elections, under the title “Vote 2014!” Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET.
PBS NewsHour anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will lead the NewsHour’s online and on-air election coverage. NewsHour will have special editions at 6 p.m. ET, with updated broadcasts at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
CNN will turn to Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper–along with the Empire State Building–to headline the network’s election night coverage, dubbed “Election Night in America.” The network will begin coverage at 5 p.m. ET, with Blitzer and Cooper joined by CNN’s Jake Tapper and John King, who will take his usual spot at the “CNN Magic Wall.”
Although some will move from shutdown villains to Congressional royalty, there is more than control of Congress at stake when US voters go to the polls today. Americans will vote in 36 gubernatorial races, they will elect thousands of state officials and have their say in about 140 statewide referendums. Voters who sit out some elections, but vote today could be playing a vital role by helping to keep our democracy on track.
New York City's 911 emergency call center has crashed once again. EMS operators resorted to using paper and pen when the city’s new 911 system suffered several glitches Monday.
EMS 911 dispatch system went down for about 30 minutes Monday morning. That part of the system is from the 1980s and scheduled to be upgraded in 2015.
This system crashed several times, and these failures mean details of a 911 medical call had to be hand-written on a slip and handed to an EMS dispatcher just a few feet away inside the same room.
77 year old Tom Magliozzi died today due to complications from Alzheimer's.
He was a graduate of MIT and a college professor, Magliozzi will forever be remembered for the shade-tree wisdom shared on Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, on NPR stations from 1977 to 2012, when they retired. Edited reruns are still broadcast on NPR member stations
The co host of Radio's Car Talk changed broadcasting, and delighted listeners over several generations, many who never met Tom, but feel like he’s a close pal.